insula
/ˈɪnsjuːlə/
"insula" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insula” is uncommon English (frequency #69,957 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,957
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A block of buildings in a Roman town.
Corpus desk
Index EN-insula · insula · English
insula · rank #69,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,957
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH insistently
Nearest frequency peer: insistently (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “insula”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- infeasible
infeasible
30,048 corpus weight
- inoculate
inoculate
30,046 corpus weight
- insistently
insistently
30,045 corpus weight
- insula
insula
30,044 corpus weight
- integrable
integrable
30,043 corpus weight
- intermedia
intermedia
30,041 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “insula” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insula |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪnsjuːlə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “insula” in English
Rare enough to double-check
insula is uncommon English at frequency #69,957 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɪnsjuːlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for insula, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin insula (“island”). Doublet of isle. The correct English form is insula, spelled I-N-S-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1A block of buildings in a Roman town.
- 2A structure of the human brain located within the lateral sulcus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how insula appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
All mammals have insulas that read their body condition, Dr. Craig said.
The insula registers our physical gut feelings, including the sensation of a distended stomach and other inner states like nausea, warmth, a full bladder, and a pounding heart.
Etymology
From Latin insula (“island”). Doublet of isle.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).